John Edward Waterman

Brief Life History of John Edward

When John Edward Waterman was born in November 1897, in California, United States, his father, Francis James Waterman, was 35 and his mother, Mary Elvene Elliott, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Germaine Emilie Desmars. He lived in Goldfield, Esmeralda, Nevada, United States in 1910 and Fresno, Fresno, California, United States in 1920. He died on 14 October 1960, in United States, at the age of 62.

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John Edward Waterman
1897–1960
Germaine Emilie Desmars
1898–1987
John Elbert Waterman
1919–1988

Sources (4)

  • John Edward Waterman in household of Frank Waterman, "United States Census, 1920"
  • John Elliott Waterman, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • John E Watermein in household of Francis J Watermein, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1902

Historic Boundaries: 1902: Esmeralda, Nevada, United States

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English and Dutch: occupational name for a boatman or ferryman, or a water carrier (the English name was perhaps sometimes synonymous with Middle English waterlader or waterberer, denoting a man who carried fresh water from a spring or stream for drinking or domestic use), or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or stretch of water (see Water 2).

English: occupational name from the Middle English personal name Water or Walter + man, meaning ‘servant of Wa(l)ter’.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wassermann or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wasserman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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